Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Czechoslovakian Glass Pendant

Here's another wonderful piece of Czech glass that I found many years ago in a thrift shop at the foothills of the Helderbergs in Upstate New York. It was lying amongst piles of loud '80s costume jewelry, a bit of pink without a setting. The scene on the glass is reminiscent of a Maxfield Parrish work of a nude bather circa 1920s. These glass cameos were almost always found in a white metal filigree setting, but I knew it would be impossible to find a replacement, so I collaborated with a jeweler I dubbed "Turtle" and we decided upon a contemporary sterling silver pendant setting, which complimented the piece quite nicely. The sterling has since oxidized, which adds a certain richness to the piece. Measurements are 1 1/2" long and 1 1/4" wide. The back of the cameo shows age stress marks, but there are no chips or cracks. What a unique and lovely statement this will make depending from a silver chain.

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